Storage solutions

This is a short video on how we use clever ideas to organize our Airstream. We do not full time but we camp every chance we can. 

My Camping blues

As Michael and I started out on our road trip this summer our goal was to visit as many states as we could. We ended up in just two states. The two states had so much to offer that we fell in love with them.  Its funny how things just seem to work out. Being in those states was just what we needed. We found that with the passing of each day we wanted to slow time, and just take in every moment.

I tried to journal every day to capture the moments as they occurred. This I hope will get me through the winter months here in Michigan. To some this seems so silly, but for me I get sad when the camping season ends.     (The journal of course)⇓

Voyager is not in tiny home yet it is at the dealer in Grand Rapids getting some warranty work done. Nothing serious just minor stuff.  This is Voyagers tiny home. 

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I have started planning our trips for next year. So far I have not booked any camp sites but I will soon. For now I will come up with fun thing to do over the bleak winter months.

Well more to come.

Halloween marks the end.

Once again  Halloween marks the end of our camping season. We maximized this weekend by heading to Detroit Greenfield RV Park with some of our good friends, Beatrice, Al and Heather. They camped right next to us.  Two of my sisters came and stayed with us, Leanette and Tracy.
We arrived on Friday after I got off work. Mike went to the campsite early to get a head start on setting up the Halloween decorations.

                                                Me↓            My Friend↪    

     
Well this year we had a few more decorations compared to last year. Still not as many as Beatrice.

                                       OUR SITE LAST YEAR⇓                                              

OUR SITE THIS YEAR⇓

My niece came with her children and her sisters children to trick/treat at the campground. They looked so cute.

That pumpkin in the middle is not a child just one of the decorations. It does look like a small child.

The kids got so much candy and they had a ball. The weather was great for October, and you can see no one is even wearing jackets. I think it was 70 degrees in Michigan that day.

Once my niece left we walked around the campsite to check out all the decorations. Beatrice won second place for the best decorated campsite.

This is Beatrice site⇓

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                                      This is some of the other sites.

The men settled in for the night and the girls sat by the campfire and enjoyed the night, and some adult beverages.

Even though this is the last time we will camp this year we have so many memories from this past summer to re-live over and over until the spring of next year.  More to come.

S.S Badger/Wisconsin and more.

So many things to say so many pictures. This is us waiting to board the S.S Badger. Can you spot the camper?

 The total cost for the F150 and the Airstream and the two of us was $377.70.  Not bad considering what we would have paid in gas. Plus it gave us something to talk about.

 The total trip to Wisconsin only lasted 4 hours. We spent those hours watching a movie, having breakfast, taking way too many pictures and just relaxing.

This ferry felt like a small cruise. That is one of the passenger rooms that you can rent. The only thing that was missing was the soft serve yogurt machine.

 

  Once we docked in Wisconsin we headed to Cliffside County Park. This park was 2 hour away. 

                                                    Purchased the annual state pass

We stayed at this campground so we would have a home base to sight see. We stayed here for two
days. Our site (3) was just water and electric, but it was a very spacious site and lots of trees. The best sites to me at this campground are: 1,3,4,41,91,43. This park is a gem. The price was $23.00 per day.

The next day we went on a Brewery Tour at Millers Brewery. The tour is free and last about 1.5 hours. At the end of the tour you have the option to sample three of the Miller beers.

                                                    Inside the factory.

                                                    Generous glass of beer.

We left there and went to the Harley Davidson Museum. So many bikes and items that I did not know they made. The cost to get into the museum is $20.00 person.

Today makes one week we have been on the road. The next day we headed to another state park, Mirror Lake State Park. Its located in Baraboo Wisconsin. We got a great spot (72). Its large and private. The site is only electric but that is ok with us. We stayed there for 3 days.

After we got all set-up we ate lunch and headed to town. This town reminds me of Gatlinburg Tennessee. If you ever been to Gatlinburg you will understand by these pictures. We walked around the town it was quiet just the way we like it, after all it was only Thursday. We got ice cream and I purchased this cute dress, Mike bought some tee shirts because he ran out of clean shirts. He packed more winter items never expecting the weather to be so nice this time of year. It was 90 degrees all week.
This place is a tourist heaven or trap you choose. Most of the attractions were closed for the season but it was a site to see. I saw at least 3-4  small amusements parks and much more.

The next day we went for a hike to Echo Rock. Its located in the the state park. It is a short and easy walking trail that leads to a point and overlook onto Mirror Lake. The trail connects to Ishnalla trails which was a beautiful trail.

The next day we went out on the lake in the Kayak. I now understand why they call it Mirror Lake. this was a calm and beautiful lake. We only made it to one side if the lake. We stayed out on the water for 3 hour or more.

                                          We ended up at a this dam.

                                          So beautiful.

                                     

                                          I am the one taking the pictures.

           Well I have to end this somewhere so this is it. Will post more of our trip later.